I know the last coat of oil went on that plate, but it's in the drying room, and it's waaaaaaaaaaaaay to stinky in there for me to sneak in and take a picture. If I pop over sometime this weekend I'll get one for you, otherwise it will be Monday.

I know you got the picture of the bridgeblock routed this week, and I wanted to surprise you with a picture of the ring with all the oil on it, but I was very lame and didn't realize I was on manual settings on my camera, and so the image was almost black. But I coaxed a little contrast out of it, so what the heck!

Hell yes. Loving this and can't wait to see it all put together. Really like that tailpiece choice. Reflective of the Alembic bird shape tailpiece, yet a definite nod towards to old school mustache bridges. Really, really nice.

Ha! The large cap one way to deal with the 5-pin output on this bass. I just noticed it when I took the picture, so it's something I have to be aware of when trying to fit a 5-pin in a Stanley bass. In this bass, there's loads of room, so no problem.

How does the cap get used in the 5-pin output? I'm not familiar with how that would be used in the circuit, especially an electrolytic. Is it some sort of on board power supply reserve or anti-ripple device?

Thanks everyone. I could not be happier! I'm flying home today (wish me luck) and will post more pics and details later this evening. It was an amazing trip, and I'm so grateful to Mica and everyone at Alembic for making this dream come true.

I'm so happy with the bass! It has far exceeded what I imagined. I'm very grateful to all the people at Alembic for making my long held dream come true. It plays like a dream, and the tone is fat, round, even and balanced. I could not be happier!

Congrats, once again! That's been my experience with a Starfire with this kind of modification. I think the bridge alone adds a huge amount to the basic tonal improvements. The original Starfire bridges are a huge source of loss of energy. With the sustain block and brass bridge, the whole bass resonates. I can only imagine that the ebony fretboard increases the crispness and definition and I'm sure the electronics are just superb. With so much going on with the harmonic structure of the tone, the filters have a lot of material with which to work. I love being able to focus in on different parts of the attack of each pickup with the filters. This is one bass I really want to experience in person! Thanks for doing this.

Thanks Edwin! I did a gig with Scott Law last night, and while it was an acoustic show, I used my new bass for the rehearsal which was a lot of fun. We are scheming on doing gigs with it in the future. Scott also raved about your tone. We definitely need to get our basses together!